Nationality: German

Age: 31

Claudia Dogs was born in Rehren near Hanover. After she was awarded her Abitur she worked for a publishing house near Bremen. She studied Italian Language and Literature at the Technical University of Brunswick. She has lived in Turin since 1992 working as a translator of technical, financial and legal texts. She specialises in civil engineering and automotive engineering documentation and legal and financial translations. She has experience in interpreting in German and Italian and translates into her mother-tongue from Italian and English. She is co-founder of Language Network s.s.

Nationality: Italian

Age: 40

Maria Grazia Vignani was born in Turin. She was awarded a degree in Modern Languages and Literature at the University of Turin. She has worked as a translator since 1988 specialising in patents, standardisation, quality assurance, information technology, civil, automotive and electrotechnical engineering documentation. She has experience in interpreting in German, English and Italian and translates from French, German and English. She is co-founder of Language Network s.s.

Nationality: French

Age: 33

Christine Yven was born in Douarnenez in Brittany. She was awarded a degree in Modern Languages for Commerce at the University of Nantes. She first came to work in Italy in 1991 when she was involved in projects for underdeveloped countries. She has worked as a free-lance translator since 1991 specialising in standardisation, quality assurance, information technology, civil, automotive, electronic and electrotechnical engineering documentation. She has experience in interpreting in English, Spanish, French and Italian. She translates into her mother-tongue from Italian, Spanish and English. She is an associate contractor of Language Network s.s.

Nationality: Italian

Age: 40 and 43

Gabriella Fassetta and Eleonora Brero received their degrees in Modern Languages and Literature at the University of Turin. They have worked as translators since 1986 and currently have their own studio that specialises translating documentation in the fields of standardisation, quality assurance, information technology, automotive engineering, foundry and welding from English. They offer an interpreting service in English and Italian.

Age: 39

Christopher Wrathall was born in Doddinghurst in the County of Essex. He was awarded a degree in German and French at the University of Exeter in 1981. He started working as a free-lance technical translator in 1984, then joined Olivetti as a technical writer in 1986. After receiving a Master in Information Technology from Aston University in 1990 he commenced working in the management of European projects in the area of transport telematics. Since 1997 he has worked as a free-lance telematics consultant and documentation specialist. He has consolidated experience in the management of international projects, a knowledge of software engineering and experience with modelling techniques for the design, evaluation and assessment of large-scale complex systems. He has experience in the documentation of patents, standardisation, quality assurance, information technology, automotive and electrotechnical engineering documentation. He translates into English from French, German, Italian and Dutch. He is an associate contractor of Language Network s.s.

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